6 Everyday Connecticut Things That Outsiders Think We’re Totally Making Up

If you live in Connecticut long enough, you forget that the rest of America has no idea what we’re talking about half the time. We drop references to things like “Wethersfield Pizza Wars,” “the Mixmaster,” or “UConn women’s expectations” like they’re universal topics everyone everywhere discusses over coffee.

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But the moment an out-of-state visit, you remember oh right, none of this is normal. Connecticut is full of quirks that are perfectly reasonable to us and completely baffling to everyone else.

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More Fun Facts about Connecticut:

• Connecticut invented the first phone book in 1878—there were only 50 names in it, which sounds like the world’s smallest group chat.
• Connecticut has the oldest running newspaper in the U.S., The Hartford Courant, founded in 1764. It’s older than the country.
• The first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, was built in Groton. Yes, Connecticut helped invent the future and a snack food museum.
• PEZ: is headquartered in Orange, CT, complete with a factory museum where giant candy heads watch you shop.
• Connecticut invented the modern vacuum cleaner. In 1901, a Bridgeport inventor named David T. Kenney patented a powered vacuum system that became the blueprint for the machines we use today. Basically, if you’ve ever cleaned your living room without breaking your back, you can thank Connecticut.

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